WASHINGTON (AP) -- The largest study of U.S. children ever performed -- aiming to track 100,000 from conception to age 21 -- will start recruiting mothers-to-be in North Carolina and New York in January.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sen. Pete Domenici, R-N.M., has spent years fighting for legislation that would require insurance plans to treat mental health patients on par with those who have physical ailments. No more higher copays or deductibles for the mental health treatments. No more limits on visits to the doctor that differ from the caps for other patients.

DALLAS (AP) -- Heart patients should be regularly screened for signs of depression, the American Heart Association recommended Monday.

(USA TODAY) -- As a nation, we are struggling emotionally to digest each day's dour economic news. Record home foreclosure filings -- more than 2 million January through August. The stock market's Dow Jones industrial average down 18 percent this year. Retirement and college savings crumbling. Then there's that looming 700 billion dollar bailout for the financial industry.